2012 - Highlights.

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Fridge Magnets.

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NY Times: The Machines Making Wordsmiths Want To Unplug.

New York Times via Alfred Wepf.

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VI. Zurich Typehunt.

VI. Zurich Typehunt - 20. Dezember 2012

Bertastrasse

Inside Berta6 - no typewriters. Click to enlarge any of the images.

Citroën-Garage: The Horde: IBM, Hermes 3000.3, Adler, brother, Lettera and PATRIA. Antonio told me that the Hermes 3000.2 had been sold - I don't know if it was sold for the stellar asking price of Fr. 125, though.

A Royal meeting in Brocki-Welt at Citroën-Garage: A double-glass Royal 10 (Fr. 60), as well as the "old" Royal standard, marked down from Fr. 45 to Fr. 30. 

The Hermes Baby that didn't appear the last weeks returned - with a new ribbon and on a nice desk.

View from Hardbrücke, Prime Tower on the left, Salvation army in center and the train station on the right.

Two old companions - the Olivetti lettera 38C and the brother electric, joined by a new black wedge - an Olivetti  ET compact 60.

When I was about to leave Salvation army, I spotted this suspicious case next to my feet.

It contained - a plastic Olympia! The machine typed reasonably well and included a new ribbon - I don't think this will stay at Salvation army for long!

Inside Salvation army.

Under Hardbrücke.

Merry Christmas.

1940 Royal Companion typewriter in front of a traditional Christmas tree. Christbaum mit Christbaumkugeln hinter einer 1940er Royal Companion-Schreibmaschine. This awesome post was brought to you by the mighty Typosphere

Weihnacht.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas from maschinengeschrieben.blogspot.com

Guetsli.

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Winter Solstice.

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Eight Times Carbon Paper.

Update 10.1.2013: Miguel tested it on a Selectric.

Update 15.1.2013: Miguel did it on a Lettera 32.

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Es war einmal - Once upon a time.

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Video: Mo's Typewriter Fun.

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Standby Noise.

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wrong way.

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Racing Stripes.

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Das Leben der Anderen. The Lives of Others.

Watch on YouTube.

First appearance of the Kolibri.

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Expectation vs. Reality.

I bid for this Royal P on ricardo.ch - and when I went to pick it up, I had to discover that the paint was basically falling off. At least I could leave the machine with the seller.

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Video: Type Writer

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Fomula Sheets.

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Design Flaw.

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Today, in the Advent Calendar.

Advent Calendar by Janosch.

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Samichlaus.

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Center.

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Video: My Remington and Me.

My Remington and Me on vimeo - Click the image or here to watch.

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V. Zurich Typehunt: The "Helvetia".

Zürich, 30. November 2012: V. Zürcher Typehunt.

Bertastrasse - the leaves are gone. No typewriters in the thrift store either.

The Hermes Standard: Probably found a buyer. Only the Royal is left at this shop at Citroën-Garage.

And this is - the ominous Helvetia. I somehow had already assumed that the Helvetia would in fact be a PATRIA.

It was a bit dusty, but one thing I noticed were the glass keys: On my PATRIA (which has a broken mainspring), there is only a metal frame, but a plastic keytop. This one has a paper keytop with glass cover. Also, I think that the embossed brand name is not present on mine either.

Tragic flaw: The carriage return lever must have broken off at some point. Otherwise, it typed well, pretty snappy. But without return lever nor case, I didn't really consider getting it. S/N: 22119 - rather low.

The M44: Still there. The price is clearly too high.

At Salvation Army: No changes either. Both the electric brother and the electric Olivetti Lettera 38C are still there.

*Plus the usual Horde of 6 at Citroën-Garage - I didn't take a photo of them this time.

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